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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI A9 Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and SAE-AISI A9 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI A9 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
770 to 2030

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
35
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
4.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
70
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
82

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
10
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
28 to 73
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
24 to 46
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
9.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
25 to 66

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.45 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
4.8 to 5.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
87 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
1.3 to 1.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.0 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.8 to 1.4

Comparable Variants